IOWA HAWKEYE HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION
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FEBRUARY 2017
NHPA / IHHPA’S NEWEST LIFETIME MEMBERS
Keith Baker of Clive and Stoney Jackson of Burlington have played in sanctioned horseshoe tournaments for more than
fifty years, and were recognized in 2016 by the NHPA and IHHPA as lifetime members. Both have received free lifetime
NHPA National and IHHPA State Charter memberships.
Keith Baker holds his letter from the NHPA awarding him
a lifetime membership
Stoney Jackson proudly wears his NHPA lifetime membership
patch
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Well, here we are, 2017, a brand new year. How will
pitching shoes go this time around? Will the ringers be
more frequent? Will you be trying a different shoe? Will
you bring in a couple of new members? If you are
around the Monticello area, you will have six new courts
to pitch on.
Do any of you out there know how to help me? When
I’m pitching, I seem to have an aim point problem. I don’t
think it’s in my step, but it might be in my delivery. After
making 1, 2 or even 3 good shoes, I will have a flyer off
to the right. I always try to remember what I was doing
when the good ones are happening. My problem is
when I have a good day, I somehow remember wrongly
what I did when I did it rightly because what I
remembered that I did when I did it, it doesn’t work when
I do it again.
-- Ron Stanerson, IHHPA President
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2017 EXECUTIVE BOARD
President
Ron Stanerson
1188 LL Avenue
Marengo, IA 52301
319/642-3628/Cell 319/430-0028
[email protected]
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1 Vice President
Ralph Davis
1306 NW Greenwood St
Ankeny, IA 50023
515/778-0867/ ralphyt5@gmail. Com
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2 Vice President
Doug Anderson
3266 South River Way
Stratford, IA 50249
515/838-2491/ dougnsue@globalccs.
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3 Vice President
Ralph H. Palmer
4069 Hickory Hill Lane
Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
319/362-9754; 319/270-3016 (Cell)
[email protected]
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4 Vice President
Chris Jordan
314 Florence Avenue
Peru, IA 50222
641/728-4751
[email protected]
NHPA Regional Director/Chair – Iowa
Region Director
Vern Kollasch
1110 Hampton Court
Iowa City, IA 52240
319/337-7020/ vkollasch@aol. Com
Secretary/Treasurer
Deb Davis
1306 NW Greenwood St.
Ankeny, IA 50023
515/778-5932; [email protected]
Statistician
LeRoy Law
303 Oaklane Drive
West Des Moines, IA 50265
515/681-1937 / lawringers @mchsi.com
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
North Central
Marvin Engstler
2615 Hwy 69
Garner IA 50438
641/923-2023
Southwest
Jan Flemming
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28328 370
Avoca, IA 51521
712/483-2029
jlflemming@ aol. Com
South Central
Steve Hatch
1505 Pratt Drive
Knoxville, IA 50138
641/842-6887
grandmabear1950 @yahoo.com
Southeast
Vern Kollasch
1110 Hampton Ct.
Iowa City, IA 52240 319/337-7020
vkollasch @ aol.com
East Central
(Vacant)
West Central
Marv Dirks
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17326 590 St
Fonda, IA 50540
712/288-5384
Central
Doug Anderson
3266 South River Way
Stratford, IA 50249
515/838-2491
dougnsue @globalcccs.net
Superintendent of Horseshoes –
Iowa State Fair
Danny Sease
1229 Evans St.
Des Moines, IA 50315
515/238-1043 / [email protected]
Public Relations
Shirley Sprague
P.O. Box 307
Berwick, IA 50032
515/419-1375
[email protected]
Youth Director
Jason Clark
847 S. Main
Monticello IA 52310
319/821-2906
[email protected]
IHHPA Editor
Deb Davis
1306 NW Greenwood St.
Ankeny, IA 50023
515/778-5932 / [email protected]
IHHPA Chaplain
Glenn Warden
2500 SE Liberty Drive
Grimes, IA 50111
515/473-5193
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2017 TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS
Doug Anderson (Boone) 515/838-2491/
[email protected]
Ron Burgess (Cedar Rapids & Al Burgess
Memorial) 319/573-8189
Rusty & Deb Dalton (Indianola) 515/554-5610
Ray Daugherty (Council Bluffs) 402/350-1976
Deb Davis (Eldora & Fairgrounds); 515/7785932; [email protected]
Jan Flemming (Council Bluffs); 402/639-6962
Ron Hook (Clinton) 815/589-9911/Cell 309/7215882
Mark Hoover (Hardin County Fair, Eldora)
641/858-2567
Rick Hudson (Stuart) 515/537-5522;
[email protected]
Vern Kollasch (Iowa City, Mt. Pleasant & Amana)
319/321-0747; [email protected]
Harley Krukow (Iowa Falls) 641/425-7952
LeRoy Law (West Des Moines/ Iowa Senior
Games) 515/681-1937; [email protected]
Bert Logsdon (Osceola) 641/414-4795
Darrell Nation (Council Bluffs) 712/322-0562
John Pletchette (Winterset) 515/468-1176
Steve Ronk (Council Bluffs) 712/310-9965
Danny Sease (Iowa State Fair); 515/2381043/[email protected]
Pat Simon (Waterloo) 319/2340552/[email protected]
Marty Sprague (Fort Dodge) 515/408-2733;
[email protected]
Ron Stanerson (Marengo) 319/430-0028;
[email protected]
Jan Warwick (Iowa Games); 515/290-6281;
[email protected]
Kenny Wiese (Ames) 515/291-1708;
[email protected]
The purpose of this association shall be to provide an orderly means for its members to participate in and enjoy the game of horseshoe pitching, to encourage interested
parties in organizing local clubs, leagues, or to form other groups for participation in horseshoe pitching for play or tournament and assist wherever possible in the
promotion of horseshoe pitching as a game or sport in the State of Iowa. The association shall have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning
any or all-lawful business for which associations may be organized - - IHHPA Bylaws
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UPCOMING EVENTS
February 4, 2017 (Sat) Iowa Games (Non-Sanctioned) Putt
Mossman Arena, Eldora. Preregistration required. Sign in
9:00 a.m. Contact Jan Warwick 515/290-6281; e-mail
[email protected]
February 5, 2017 (Sun) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora. Sign
in by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb and
Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
CONDOLENCES
WILBERT “WIL” FOELSKE
February 11, 2017 (Sat) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora.
Sign in by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb
and Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
February 12, 2017 (Sun) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora.
Sign in by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb
and Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
March 4, 2017 (Sat) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora. Sign in
by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb and
Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
March 5, 2017 (Sun) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora. Sign in
by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb and
Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
March 11, 2017 (Sat) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora. Sign in
by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb and
Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
March 12, 2017 (Sun) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora. Sign
in by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb and
Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
March 18, 2017 (Sat) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora. Sign in
by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb and
Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
March 19, 2017 (Sun) Putt Mossman Arena, Eldora. Sign
in by 9:30 a.m./ play at 10:00. Entry Fee $15. Deb and
Ralph Davis, 515/778-5932 or 515/778-0867
Please note there will be NO APRIL
TOURNAMENTS IN ELDORA this year!!
We will have six tournaments (the first three
weekends) in March.
Pitching schedule for this year’s Iowa State Fair (August
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10 to 20 ) is attached
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Hardin County Fairgrounds
Home of the Putt Mossman Arena
Pitch Indoors from November ‘till April
Wilbert Ferdinand Foelske, 87, of Waterloo,
formerly of Denver, Janesville, and Waverly, passed
away on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at UnityPoint HealthAllen Hospital in Waterloo.
Wilbert was born on the family farm in Jackson
Township, Bremer County, on April 15, 1929, the son
on William John and Charlotte Brockhoff Foelske. He
was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter Lutheran
Church in Denver. He attended the Janesville
Consolidated School.
In addition to farming, Wilbert worked at Rath
Packing, the Janesville School, and Paul Neiman
Construction. He was a long-time member of St. Paul
United Church of Christ in Denver.
After surviving polio as a youth, Wilbert took up
the hobby of horseshoe pitching, being taught by his
neighbor, Bill Pyor. He carried his love for horseshoe
pitching throughout his life. He was a three-time Iowa
state individual champion and won more than twenty
state doubles titles. Wilbert also won several Tri-State
Championships, and competed in the top class at two
World Horseshoe Tournaments. He is a member of
the Iowa Horseshoe Pitcher's Hall of Fame.
In addition to his wife of 62 years, Wilbert is
survived by two daughters, Diane (David) Ryherd, of
Denver, and Donna Foelske, of Waverly; a son,
Daniel (Pam) Foelske, of Batavia, Ill.; nine
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Wil was one of Iowa's top pitchers pitching many
tournaments all around the state as well as attending
many of the Iowa State Fair tournaments during his
pitching years. He has won several championships
which include two Men's Championships in 1983 and
1987. He also won the Eldora Indoor championship in
1994, He won the Farmers State title in 1980; he
captured ten Doubles championships, six with Ralph
Simon from 1978-1983; one with Pat Simon in 1986
then three more times with Lee Wiges from 1987 to
1989.
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I first met Wil in 1977 at my first sanctioned
tournament. He and is wife, Grace, put on the first
outdoor tournament of that year in Waverly. I had
arrived early to pitch 100 shoes to qualify and I was
the first one there. When I told him my name he
asked me; "Are you related to Ralph?" to which I
replied, "Yes, he's my Dad". He looked at me then
asked, "Do you pitch as good as him?" To which I
had to reply know. I qualified that day at 16%. Wil
and Grace would help other tournament directors run
their tournaments, and Grace could be found working
the scorers table at many different places,
Manchester, Independence, Waverly, Denver,
Charles City and Waterloo among others that I may
be forgetting. Wil was one of those pitchers who, if
there was a tournament, he was probably
there. When I first met him I believe his average was
in the mid 50's to 60's. He really improved his game
after Dad retired and he would come to Waterloo
several days a week and pitch with Dad. His average
really took off during those years and that was when
he won his championships. Wil was a long time
member of the Waterloo Metro Horseshoe Pitching
League, having started the first year (81) when he
took the spot of a player who dropped out. His
highest league game was 88% as I recall, he had
thought it was 90% but after recounting it was shy
that one ringer. He was an excellent pitcher and a lot
of fun to pitch with.
- - Pat Simon
College, now known as the University of Northern
Iowa. He also served in the United States Air Force
and was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base and
Japan. He and Barbara Hemphill were married on
February 15, 1985, residing in West Des Moines.
Jack was very proud of his Irish heritage and
thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Ireland to visit the
ancestral home in County Mayo. Traveling was a
great interest of his, and in that same vein, so was
dining at ethnic restaurants, preferably Asian. The
sport of pitching horseshoes was another passion for
Jack; he was an avid supporter of the game and
participated in the Iowa Games and various
tournaments as well as league play.
Jack is survived by his wife, Barbara of West Des
Moines; son Rod, daughter Regina Suitt. all of
Tucson, AZ, and daughter Andrea Riley of Virginia
Beach, VA.
In lieu of flowers, Jack has requested that memorial
contributions be directed to Hospice of the Midwest,
9203 Northpark Dr., Johnston, Iowa 50131.
*****
JACK NAVIN
Jack Navin, far right, with his regional team members, Glenn
Warden, LeRoy Law and Carl Kaiser. Team West Des Moines
took first place in the Iowa State Team Regional Championship at
the 2016 Iowa State Fair.
*****
C. LEO BUELL
Jack Navin, 81, passed away on Saturday,
December 10th at the Good Samaritan Society in
Indianola. A memorial service was held Tuesday,
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December 27 with burial of the cremains at the Iowa
Veterans Cemetery, in Adel.
Jack was born to Paul and Lucille (O'Connor)
Navin in Omaha, Nebraska on June 23rd, 1935. At a
young age, he and his family moved to the Irish
community of Melrose, Iowa, where he grew up. Jack
graduated from Melrose High School and attended
Centerville Junior College and Iowa State Teachers
C. Leo Buell of Iowa City passed away January 6,
2017. Leo was born December 20, 1930, in Charles
City, Iowa. He was introduced to horseshoe by his
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future father-in-law, Cliff Bucknell.
On Sunday
afternoons, Leo would go over to see his future wife,
Joan. It wouldn’t be long until Leon was in the yard
pitching horseshoes. In 1965 in Charles City, Leo
won his first trophy and Cliff came in second.
In 1966, Leo moved his family to Iowa City and did
not pitched very much, until he read an article in the
paper about Art Hampton winning the 1970 State
Indoor Championship. Art was contacted and Leo
bought his first pair of Ted Allen Horseshoes from Art.
At the same time, Art introduced Leo to the NHPA.
Leo went to a tournament in Columbus Junction
where he witnessed some of the great Iowa players - Red Henton, Harold Darnold and Bill Vandegriff.
In 1982, Marianne Colony and Leo organized the
Iowa City Horseshoe League. In 1987, he was
elected President of the IHHPA. He served in that
office for four years. After that, he served as Area
Regional Director of Southwest Iowa. In 1996 he was
elected Chairman of Regional Directors
In 1998, Leon organized the Iowa State Regional
Team Championship, patterned after the Team
World. The Championship is held every year during
the Iowa State Fair.
In 2000, as a member of the Lions Cub, Leo was
involved with a program called, Coming to Your
Senses. It was a program to screen and provide
early detection of vision and hearing impairment in
children. Leo organized a horseshoe tournament
benefit which raised over $2,500. Leo also hosted
blind horseshoe tournaments in the Iowa City area.
With assistance, blind participants would listen for the
sound of someone tapping the stake, then would
throw a horseshoe in the direction of the tapping.
In 2005, Leo was inducted into the IHHPA Hall of
Fame. In 2007, he received the Frank Jackson
Award for advancement of horseshoes in the State of
Iowa. In 2010, Leon was awarded the Gene & Mary
Van Sant Memorial Award by the NHPA. This award
is given to the Regional Director who displays the
attitude and initiative in fulfilling his or her duties of
upholding the image of the NHPA.
At the 1978 World Tournament, Leon won his
class, pitching 58.85%;. He was among the top 200
NHPA averages. He played horseshoes for over
sixty years, and including more than 45 years in
tournament play.
Leo made his living farming, working construction
and as an architectural draftsman.
His family
includes his wife of 64 years, Joan; children, Christina
Hendrick (Steve), of San Marcos, California, Lauretta
Doyle (Jerry) of Chandler, Arizona, Catherine Hansen
(Brad) of New Berlin, Wisconsin and Mark Buell of
Iowa City; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be
directed to Iowa City Hospice.
I have known Leo for many years. In the early 80's I
pitched in the Iowa City Horseshoe League. Now
many of the pitchers have passed on. I believe Leo
was about the last of the great pitchers in the Iowa
City area.
When I worked at Sears, Leo’s brother came from
North Dakota to the counter asking in I knew where
Leo Buell lived. I said I practiced horseshoe at Leo’s
place . At the time, Leo and Joan lived near the mall
and to this day Joan has not forgotten this event.
The Iowa City Horseshoe League was very
important to Leo. Nearly every year he had a new
pitcher for our league. Sometimes he needed a
pitcher or another team was short a pitcher. Some of
today’s pitchers Leo first introduced to the Iowa City
League.
The Iowa City pitchers traveled together to many
Tournaments in Iowa and the Iowa State Fair. Leo
attended many World Tournaments and Team World
events.
Leo was the Iowa director for the NHPA for about
20 years He attended World Tournaments and as
director he did the shoe check. As many pitchers
know, at the World Tournament every pitcher has
their shoes checked before pitching. Attending the
World Tournaments, Leo met many pitchers across
the US and Canada.
Even in Arizona over the
years, people ask me if I know Leo Buell. Leo had
many friends he met pitching horseshoes.
- Vern Kollasch
Leo Buell, Gail Maher and Richardson Shepardson represented
Southeast Iowa at the 2013 Iowa State Team Regional
Tournament.
WEST DES MOINES “ CLASSIC”
HORSESHOE LEAGUE AWARDS
August – October, 2017
HIGH GAME NHPA SANCTIONED LEAGUE
PATCHES EARNED AWARDS:
To be eligible for a High Game percent patch you
must have pitched a single game in a 10% higher
percent level than your previous all time highest while
participating in this League. Also all new players are
eligible for a High Game Patch.
10% Patch: Frank Hoffmeister (1st Year); Dennis
Smith (1st Year )
20% Patch: Skip Hills (1st Year)
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30% Patch: Kenny Wiese (1st Year); Sharon Rife (1st
Year ); Charly Robertson (2nd year)
50% Patch: Jack Navin - From 40% Earned in 2014
(3rd Year ); Roz Smith (1st Year )
60% Patch; Ron Rowley from 40% Earned in 2014
(3rd Year ); Tom Tabat (1st Year )
RECOGNITION AWARDS
High Average Player – Bert Logsdon 56.46 %
High Percentage Game – Glenn Warden - 76.66 %
High Game over League Average – Glenn Warden 76.66%
Most Improved – Ringer % increase over last year –
Verl Sims From 6.67% to 13.33% - a 6.66% increase.
Rookie of the Year - Roz Smith
Finished with a 36.80 Ringer Percentage
League Champion – Charly Robertson – 16 Wins – 8
Losses – Won 66.66% of games played.
Sportsmanship Award - Jack Navin
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Sat., Nov 5, 2016, Bob Walters Memorial, Eldora
Class A: (1) Sig Armitage (MN), 68%; (2) Marvin
Engstler, Garner, 55%; (3) Ron Stanerson, Marengo,
56.5%; (4) Larry Purcell, Cedar Rapids, 47.5%; (5)
Tom Tabat, Urbandale, 45.51%; (6) LeRoy Law, West
Des Moines, 38.5%
Class B: (1) Gary Hinrichs, Marengo, 44%; (2) Gary
Hanchett, Deep River, 44.5%; (3) Harold Boden,
Bronson, 39%; (4) Doug Anderson, Stratford, 33.5%;
(5) Roz Smith, Pleasant Hill, 29%; (6) Henry
Trumpold, Marengo 16.5%
Class C: (1) John Peterson, Oskaloosa, 41%; (2)
Wallace Runia (MN) 32.5%; (3) Sheryl Mason,
Grinnell, 25%; (4) Russ Martin, 34.9%
Class D: (1) Marv Dirks, Fonda, 28.75% (2) Bob
Waldo, Iowa Falls, 29.38%; (3) Chris Jordan, Peru,
25%; (4) Roger Roberts, Mason City, 18.13%; (5)
Carl Kaiser, Des Moines, 20%
Class E: (1) Steve Hatch, Knoxille, 24.58%; (2)
Ralph Davis, Ankeny, 22%; (3) Maurice Hartz, Jr.
18.5%; (4) Tom Dunham (SD) 17.5%
Class F: (1) Keith Boden, Sioux City, 25.63%; (2)
Stanley Hanson, Pleasant Hill, 15.63%; (3) Alan
Kuntz, Mason City, 16.88%; (4) Ken Giles (MN)
12.5%; (5) Steve Jackson, Burlington, 11.25%
Class G: (1) Skip Hills, Altoona, 21.88%; (2) Dave
Weston, Cedar Falls, 17.5%; (3) Russell Wiese,
Roland, 12.2%; (4) Dennis A. Smith, Pleasant Hill,
5%; (5) Harold Joseph, Williamsburg, 4.27%
Sunday, November 6, 2016, Eldora Indoors
Class A: (1) Malcolm Clark (Jr) 65.5%; (2) Sig
Armitage (MN), 75.5%; (3) Bert Logsdon,
Pleasantville, 64%; (4) LeRoy Law, West Des
Moines, 48.5%; (5) Jason Clark, Monticello, 48.5%
Class B: (1) Roz Smith, Pleasant Hill 41.5%; (2) Russ
Martin, Clarksville 27.5%; (3) Wallace Runia (MN)
25%; (4) Kelly Turbett, Tama 17.5%; (5) Sheryl
Mason, Grinnell 19%
Class C: (1) Marv Dirks, Fonda, 27.5%; (2) Steve
Hatch, Knoxville, 22.5%; (3) Marty Sprague, Fort
Dodge, 15%; (4) Bob Rounds, Perry 14.5%; (5) Kevin
Turbett, Tama, 16%
Class D: (1) Skip Hills, Altoona, 26%; (2) Ralph
Davis, Ankeny, 19.5%; (3) Tom Dunham (SD) 16%
Class E: (1) Ken Giles (MN) 13%; (2) Alan Kuntz,
Mason City, 15.5%; (3) Russell Wiese, Roland, 13%
Class F: (1) Dennis A. Smith, Pleasant Hill, 6.5%; (2)
Tristen Clark (Jr) 4%
Saturday, November 12, 2016, Eldora Indoors
Class A: (1) Marvin Engstler, Garner, 60%; (2) Ron
Stanerson, Marengo, 62%; (3) Larry Purcell, Cedar
Rapids, 55.5%; (4) LeRoy Law, West Des Moines,
50.5%; (5) Pat Simon, Waterloo, 39.5%; (6) Ron
Rowley, West Des Moines, 29.5%
Class B: (1) Gary Hanchett, Deep River, 48.75%; (2)
Ronnie Burgess, Cedar Rapids, 42.07%; (3) Tom
Tabat, Urbandale, 46.25%; (4) Doug Anderson,
Stratford, 38.41%; (5) Randy Fox, Council Bluffs,
33.75%
Class C: (1) Steve Ronk, Council Bluffs, 35.63%; (2)
Dennis Hopkins, Missouri Valley, 35%; (3) Roz Smith,
Pleasant Hill, 41.88%; (4) Harold Boden, Bronson,
36.25%; (5) Bob Waldo, Iowa Falls, 18.75%
Class D: (1) Marv Dirks, Fonda, 25%; (2) Henry
Trumpold, Marengo 23.53%; (3) Russ Martin,
Clarksville 28%; (4) Alan Kuntz, Mason City, 16%; (5)
Ralph Davis, Ankeny, 20.5%
Class E: (1) Mike Taylor (NE), 29%; (2) Steve Hatch,
Knoxville, 26%; (3) Leo Lamparek, Cedar Rapids,
19%; (4) Deb Wiese, Roland 26.5%; (5) Roger
Roberts Mason City, 18%; (6) Marty Sprague, Fort
Dodge, 16%
Class F: (1) Skip Hills, Altoona, 25.63%; (2) Russell
Wiese, Roland, 10.63%; (3) Steve Jackson,
Burlington, 9.38%; (4) Dennis A. Smith, Pleasant Hill,
9.38%; (5) Harold Joseph, Williamsburg, 1.25%
Sunday, November 13, 2016, Eldora Indoors
Class A: (1) Deb Davis, Ankeny, 48.17%; (2) Roz
Smith, Pleasant Hill, 45.63%; (3) John Peterson,
Ottumwa, 36.88%; (4) Russ Martin, Clarksville,
31.1%; (5) Sheryl Mason, Grinnell, 21.25%
Class B: (1) Bob Waldo, Iowa Falls, 26%; (2) Marv
Dirks, Fonda, 27.5%; (3) Mike McNace, Lakeview,
28%; (4) Steve Hatch, Knoxville 22.5%; (5) Ralph
Davis, Ankeny, 22%; (6) Skip Hills, Altoona, 11.5%
Class C: (1) Deb Wiese, Roland, 28.13%; (2) Alan
Kuntz, Mason City, 21.88%; (3) Russell Wiese,
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Roland, 9.38%; (4) Dennis A. Smith, Pleasant Hill,
8.13%; (5) Bob Wiese, Roland, 5%
Saturday, January 7, 2017, Eldora Indoors
Class A: (1) Marvin Engstler, Garner, 53.75: (2) Tom
Tabat, Urbandale, 50.63%; (3) Ron Stanerson,
Marengo, 40.63; (4) Ron Rowley, West Des Moines,
31.88%; (5) Gary Hanchett, Deep River, 38.13%
Class B: (1) Dave Mittlestadt, Jewell, 36%; (2) Roz
Smith, Pleasant Hill 35.5%; (4) Marv Dirks, Fonda,
25%; (4) Sheryl Mason, Grinnell 24%; (5) John
Ridgely, Earlham 21.5%; (6) Henry Trumpold,
Marengo 26.5%
Class C: (1) Skip Hills, Altoona, 33.13%; (2) Steve
Hatch, Knoxville, 20%; (3) Maurice Hartz, Jr.,
Marengo, 16.25%; (4) Carl Kaiser, Des Moines,
16.25%; (5) Ralph Davis, Ankeny 12.5%
Class D: (1) Russell Wiese, Roland, 13.54%; (2)
Dennis A. Smith, Pleasant Hill 4.69%; (3) Pam Slippy,
Ankeny, 4.69%; (4) Brandon DeBord, Des Moines,
4.69%
Class D: (1) Jan Warwick, Ames, 30.63%; (2) Deb
Wiese, Roland, 25%; (3) Steve Hatch, Knoxville,
24.385; (4) Mike McNace, Lakeview 20.63%; (5)
Ralph Davis, Ankeny, 16.88%
Class E: (1) Kevin Turbett, Tama, 18.75%; (2) Keith
Boden, Sioux City, 21.88%; (3) Stanley Hanson,
Pleasant Hill, 11.88%; (4) Nate Stanley (Junior)
8.13%; (5) Russell Wiese, Roland, 6.88%
Class F: (1) Steve Paukert, Duncome, 6.77%; (2)
Brandon DeBord, Des Moines, 3.65; (3) Bob Wiese,
Roland, 3.13%; (4) Harold Joseph, Marengo, 2.60%
THURSDAY RINGERS ONLY
SIGNUP BY 8:30 PITCH AT 9:00
NOV. THROUGH APRIL - 90% HANDICAP
FRANK KOEHLER - DIRECTOR SINCE 1990
SUNLAND VILLAGE
MESA, ARIZONA
Phone: 641/423-8610 (Iowa)
480/924-3145 (Arizona)
Sunday, January 8, 2017, Eldora Indoors
Class A: (1) Marv Dirks, Fonda, 24%; (2) Russell
Wiese, Roland, 10.5%; (3) Steve Hatch, Knoxville,
28%; (4) Deb Wiese, Roland, 23.5%; (5) Sheryl
Mason, Grinnell, 22%; (6) Ralph Davis, Ankeny, 15%
Saturday, January 14, 2017, Eldora Indoors
Class A: (1) Tom Tabat, Urbandale, 46.25%; (2) Gary
Hanchett, Deep River, 45%; (3) Gary Hinrichs,
Marengo, 41.25%; (4) Kristy Klejch, Creston, 5%; (5)
Ronnie Burgess, Cedar Rapids, 32.5%
Class B: (1) Harold Boden, Bronson, 41.25%; (2) Tim
Pew, Des Moines, 29.38%; (3) Skip Hills, Altoona,
26.88%; (4) Marv Dirks, Fonda, 28.05%; (5) Leo
Lamparek, Cedar Rapids, 20.73%
Class C: (1) Bob Waldo, Iowa Falls, 26.88%; (2)
Steve Hatch, Knoxville, 23.75%; (3) Kenny Wiese,
Story City, 21.25%; (4) Derek Bloodgood (Junior)
23.13%; (5) Mike McNace, Lakeview, 18.75%
Class D: (1) Harold Joseph, Marengo, 4.38%; (2)
Brandon DeBord, Des Moines, 7.5%; (3) Stanley
Hanson, Pleasant Hill, 13.75%; (4) Keith Boden,
Sioux City, 16.88% (5) Ralph Davis, Ankeny, 15.63%
Saturday, January 15, 2017 postponed to January
21, 2017, Eldora Indoors
Class A: (1) Malcolm Clark (Junior) 62.5%; (2) Deb
Davis, Ankeny, 44%; (3) Gary Hanchett, Deep River,
49.5%; (4) Jason Clark, Monticello, 43.5%; (5) Tom
Tabat, Urbandale, 46%; (6) Dave Mittlestadt, 39%
Class B: (1) Harold Boden, Bronson, 39.5%; (2) Tim
Pew Des Moines, 26.5%; (3) Ricky Ellisworth (Junior)
17.5%; (4) Marv Dirks, Fonda, 24%; (5) John Ridgley,
Earlham, 19%; (6) Kelly Turbett, Tama, 17.5%
Class C: (1) Bob Waldo, Iowa Falls, 22.5%; (2) Mary
Sprague, Fort Dodge, 24.39%; (3) Harley Krukow,
Iowa Falls, 23.75%; (4) Kenny Wiese, Story City,
21.88%; (5) Skip Hills, Altoona, 19.51%
IHHPA MEMBER WINS IN FLORIDA
Skip Hills of Altoona placed first in his age group at the
Florida Senior Games held December 9, 2016, at Ed C.
Wright Park, Clearwater, Florida. Skip played four 30-shoe
count-all games, winning all four. He averaged 35%, more
than 10% over his NATSTAT average. Skip pitched in the
men’s 70 to 74 age group. The tournament director was
Ron Deckard, who has won six World Senior Horseshoe
Tournament championships.
WELCOME NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS!
Charles Keller, Jr., Carter Lake
Mike Keller, Carter Lake
Mike Law, Urbandale
Steve Paukert, Duncombe
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FEBRUARY 2017
We were honored to have Rollie and Phyllis Von Thun visit
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us at the Putt Mossman Courts in Eldora on January 8 .
Rollie and Phyllis hosted tournaments at Clinton, Iowa for
many years, and both pitched throughout the State.
Above: Rollie Von Thun, Phyllis Von Thun and Deb Davis
Below: Rollie checks out the courts
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IOWA STATE FAIR * AUGUST 10-20, 2017 * HORSESHOE PITCHING
HORSESHOE PITCHING TOURNAMENT
Horseshoe Pitching will be held each day of the 2017 Iowa State Fair.
All events will take place on 12 outside clay courts east of Pioneer Hall.
Superintendent - Danny Sease; [email protected]; 515/238-1043
IHHPA President - Ron Stanerson; [email protected]; 319/430-0028
IHHPA Secretary/Treasurer - Deb Davis; [email protected]; 515/778-5932
SPECIAL EVENTS
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S IOWA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ........................................................... 9:30 A.M. - SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 & 20
IOWA STATE FAIR 18TH ANNUAL MIDWEST SENIOR CLASSIC ........................................................9:30 A.M. - MONDAY, AUGUST 14
IOWA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP .................................................................................................. 1:30 P.M. - THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
Pitch & Win every weekday afternoon for adults and children (10 & over)
PLAYING SCHEDULE
Thursday, August 10
Class 10 Farmers’ Championship .............................9:30 a.m.
Class 1
Open Singles ..............................................1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 15
Class 6
Open Doubles ........................................... 9:30 a.m.
Class 1
Open Singles............................................. 1:30 p.m.
Friday, August 11
* Class 4
IA State Regional Team Championship ......9:30 a.m.
Class 1
Open Singles ..............................................4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 16
Class 8
Seniors’ Iowa State Fair Championship .... 9:30 a.m.
Class 1
Open Singles............................................. 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 12
Class 11 Doubles State Fair Championship ..............9:30 a.m.
Class 1
Open Singles ..............................................3:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 17
Class 1
Open Singles..........................1:30 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Class 2
Iowa Amateur Championship .................... 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 13
* Class 5
Iowa State Junior & Cadets Championship
....................................................................9:30 a.m.
* Class 5
Iowa State Women’s Championship ...........9:30 a.m.
Class 1
Open Singles ..............................................3:00 p.m.
Friday, August 18
* Class 9
Two Player Pro-Am ................................... 9:30 a.m.
Class 1
Open Singles............................................. 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 19
* Class 3
Iowa State Elder’s Championship ............. 9:30 a.m.
* Class 7
Iowa State Men’s Championship............... 1:30 p.m.
Monday, August 14
* Class 12 Iowa State Fair Midwest Senior Classic
............................................... 9:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
Class 6
Open Doubles.............................................6:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 20
* Class 7
Iowa State Men’s Championship
...............................................9:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
TICKET INFORMATION (APPLICABLE AUGUST 10-20)
All persons entering the Fairgrounds must pay an admission fee. Anyone wishing to leave the Fairgrounds and return the same day
may do so by having their hand stamped at the gate before leaving. (This does not apply to vehicles.) General admission charged at
the gate is $12 for adults, $6 for children (6-11 years) and $10 for North Lot parking. Discount admission tickets may be purchased
for adults at $8 each and for children at $4 each at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in the Entry Department or by mail. Parking at $10 per
day may also be purchased in advance. Send order and payment to: Iowa State Fair Entry Department, P.O. Box 57130, Des Moines,
IA 50317. Please postmark your orders June 1 - July 20. Make checks payable to the Iowa State Fair. Admission tickets and parking
tickets are good for any one day. Please Note: Admission will be $6 at the gate on Sunday, August 20.
ADMISSION TICKETS AND PARKING TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
ENTRY FORM
Midwest Senior ........................................ $15
State Team .............................................. $75
State Men ............................................... $15
State Men Championship Class .............. $20
State Men Elder’s .................................... $15
State Women ........................................... $15
State Juniors & Cadets ............................ Free
Pro-Am (Team) ........................................ $30
Pro-Am (Team) Championship Class ...... $40
2017 IHHPA State Tournament
Iowa State Fair - Des Moines, IA
Name
Address
City/State/Zip
Phone(
__Male
)
__Female
Send entries to Deb Davis, Treas. IHHPA,
1306 Greenwood, Ankeny, IA 50023.
NHPA Card #
Check rules on back side for deadlines and membership requirements.
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IOWA STATE FAIR * AUGUST 10-20, 2017 * HORSESHOE PITCHING
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Play is governed by the Official Rules of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association of America. Contestants will pay scorekeepers
$1.00 per game for all NHPA sanctioned events.
Open Singles, Open Doubles, Senior and Amateur events are open to any pitchers from anywhere. Farmers Championship is open to
Iowa pitchers only. No advance registration is required for these events. Register day of event.
Championship Events (*) require membership in National Horseshoe Pitchers Association. All pitchers participating in the
Iowa State Championship Tournament must wear a shirt with their name neatly lettered on the back at least one-inch high.
No alcohol or tobacco of any kind will be permitted within the confines of the courts. Advance registration is required. Entry
deadline is July 27th. Memberships are available for $31 from Secretary/Treasurer Deb Davis (address on page 1).
Averages will be used to determine class placement in various events. Players with no average on record may qualify day of event,
time permitting. After a game is completed, a player shall go to the next assigned court and prepare one pit for play.
Method of play in all championship events will be 40-point cancellation or 40-shoes cancellation. Exceptions are in team and handicap
where play will be count-all with number of shoes to be announced the day of event. Open events method of play will be announced
the day of event. Check entry deadline on each event. No late entries accepted.
Class 1
Open Singles – Registration fee is $5. Premiums: 1st - $10; 2nd - $8; 3rd - $7; 4th thru 6th - $5, plus ribbons. All Opens are
limited to number of courts available. Open to all pitchers. Register day of event.
Class 2
Iowa Amateur Championship – No registration fee. Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $10; 2nd - plaque plus $8; 3rd - $7;
4th thru 6th - $5, plus ribbons. Open to all pitchers. NO REPEAT CHAMPIONS. Register day of event.
* Class 3
Iowa State Elder’s Championship – Registration fee for all classes will be $15. Advanced registration is required.
Championship Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $55; 2nd - plaque plus $45; 3rd - $40; others - $15, plus ribbons. Other Classes
Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $55; 2nd - $45; 3rd - $40; others - $15, plus ribbons. Entry deadline is July 27th.
* Class 4
Iowa State Regional Team Championship – Registration fee is $75 per 3-player team. Eight teams will play round robin
schedule with the Championship Team and places determined by team win-loss record. Team combined ringer %
average cannot exceed 132%. Premiums: 1st - $165 & traveling trophy; 2nd - $150; 3rd - $135; 4th - $120; 5th thru 8th - $75,
plus ribbons. Team registration deadline is July 27th. Send registration to: Iowa Regional Director, Vern Kollasch, 1110
Hampton Court, Iowa City, IA 52240.
* Class 5
Women’s & Junior Championship – Women’s – Registration fee for all classes will be $15. Advanced registration is
required. Championship Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $55; 2nd - plaque plus $45; 3rd - $40; others - $15, plus ribbons.
Other Classes Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $55; 2nd - $45; 3rd - $40; others - $15, plus ribbons. Entry deadline is July 27th.
Juniors & Cadets – No registration fee. Championship Premiums: plaque for 1st and 2nd, plus ribbons. Other Classes
Premiums: plaque for 1st, plus ribbons. Register day of event.
Class 6
* Class 7
Class 8
* Class 9
Open Doubles – Registration fee is $8. (Separate classes for men and women, if enough) Premiums: 1st - $20; 2nd $12; 3rd - $10; 4th thru 6th - $8, plus ribbons. Open to all pitchers. Register day of event.
Men’s Iowa State Championship – Registration fee for Championship class (12 man) is $20. Championship Premiums:
1st - plaque plus $110; 2nd - plaque plus $80; 3rd - $55; 4th - $45; 5th - $35; 6th - $30; others - $20. Registration fee for all
other classes (6 man) will be $15. Advanced registration is required. Other Classes Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $55;
2nd - $45; 3rd - $40; others - $15, plus ribbons. Entry deadline is July 27th.
Seniors’ Iowa State Fair Championship – Men and Women age 60 by the day of Tournament. Registration fee is $4.
Paid scorekeepers. Championship Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $15; 2nd - $8; 3rd - $7; 4th thru 6th - $5. Other Classes
Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $10; 2nd - $8; 3rd - $7; 4th thru 6th - $5, plus ribbons. Open to all pitchers. Register day of
event.
Two Player Pro-Am – Registration fee for Championship class is $40 per team. Championship Premiums: 1st - plaque
plus $125; 2nd - plaque plus $100; 3rd - $75; 4th -$50; 5th - $40; 6th - $40, plus ribbons. Registration fee for all other classes
is $30 per team. Other Classes Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $75; 2nd - $65; 3rd - $55; 4th - $40; 5th - $30; 6th - $30, plus
ribbons. Teams can be mixed. (Men, Women, Juniors, 30 or 40 ft. Pitchers) There can be only one IHHPA member or
former member on a team. An Amateur is one who has not been a member of the NHPA/IHHPA, has not pitched in an
IHHPA Sanctioned League or a non sanctioned league. An Amateur who is champion in one Pro-Am cannot play in
another Pro-Am as Amateur. Registration deadline is July 27th. Send $30 registration fee or $40 for Championship class
and both players’ information to Deb Davis (address on page 1).
Class 10 Farmers’ Championship – Registration fee is $5. (Entrants must farm a minimum of ten acres or be retired farmers.)
Paid scorekeepers. Championship Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $15; 2nd - plaque plus $9; 3rd - $7; 4th thru 6th - $5. Other
Classes Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $10; 2nd - $7; 3rd - $6; 4th thru 6th - $5, plus ribbons. Open to all Iowa pitchers.
Register day of event.
Class 11
Doubles State Fair Championship – Registration fee is $8. Mixed teams allowed. Choose your partner. Combined
averages cannot be over 100%. Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $20; 2nd - $12; 3rd - $10; 4th thru 6th - $8, plus ribbons. Open
to all pitchers. Register day of event.
* Class 12 Iowa State Fair Midwest Senior Classic – Men and Women age 60 or over day of the tournament. Mixed 30-40 ft.
classes. Registration fee for Championship Class is $20. Championship Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $100; 2nd - plaque
plus $75; 3rd - $50; 4th - $40; 5th - $30; 6th - $25. (WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOU PLAY) Remaining classes’ registration
fee is $15. Other Classes Premiums: 1st - plaque plus $55; 2nd - $45; 3rd - $40; 4th - $30; 5th - $20; 6th - $15, plus ribbons.
Registration deadline is July 27th. Send $15 registration fee to Deb Davis (address on page 1).
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2017 IHHPA MEMBERSHIP FORM
Name: ______________________________________________ Male (__) Female (__)
Address: _______________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________________________, IA ZIP________________
Phone (_______)________-____________ Date of Birth (M/D/Y)____-____-_______
Email Address *: ________________________________________________________________________
*Please include Email address for tournament information updates and IHHPA news updates
Adult NHPA/IHHPA Dues $31
NHPA /IHHPA Lifetime Member Dues $17
Check one:
(__) Membership Renewal Card #240______
Member since _____________ (date or #years member NHPA)
(__) New Member
$____________
Pitching Distance: (__) 30 Feet (__) 40 Feet
IHHPA Newsletter:
Check one:
(__) Receive by e-mail (include e-mail address above) *
(__) Receive by US Mail
NHPA Newsline: (__) Receive by e-mail (include e-mail address above) *
Junior Dues ( Free ) Check one:
(__) Jr. (18 & under for entire calendar year)
(__) Jr. Cadet (12 & under for entire calendar year)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Second Adult Member in household, Dues $20
$_________
Second Adult Member's Name: __________________________ Male (__) Female (__)
Check one:
(__) Membership Renewal Card #240______
Member since _____________ (date or #years member NHPA)
(__)New Member
Second Adult Member Pitching Distance: (__) 30 Feet (__) 40 Feet
Birthdate:_________________________________
Second Junior Dues ( Free )
(__) Jr. (18 & under for entire calendar year)
(__) Jr. Cadet (12 & under for entire calendar year )
Second Member’s E-mail address: _______________________________________________________
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TOTAL ENCLOSED (make checks payable to IHHPA)
$_________
Mail to:
Deb Davis, IHHPA Sec./Treas.
1306 NW Greenwood St.
Ankeny, IA 50023
TheNationalHorseshoePitchersFoundationwasformedasacharitablepublicfoundationtoraisefunds
necessarytobuildandmaintaintheNationalHorseshoePitchersAssociationHallofFameandMuseum.
TheNHPFcontinuestosolicittax-deductiblecontributionstopreservethehistory,showcasethepresent
andbuildthefutureofhorseshoepitching,throughgrantsandeducationalprograms.
YOUR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION SUPPORTS MANY PROGRAMS,
INCLUDING THE NHPA HALL OF FAME AND GRANTS TO INSTALL NEW OR
UPGRADE EXISTING COURTS.
INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS & MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO NHPF HALL OF FAME AND MAIL TO:
NHPF HALL OF FAME, 100 BLUESTEM WAY, WENTZVILLE, MO 63385
DebDavis
1306NWGreenwoodSt.
Ankeny,IA50023